[MEMORY LOG] Memory #14

Bailing from the hospital, then totally wiping the floor with Ghost Kotsuzuka. [mostly offscreen canon/23.201]

From: Cheshire's welcome to Wonderland
Form: a little white chocolate bone
Shareable: no

Oh boy we're back in "this is significantly different from the anime" territory! Which is to say that how Dark Bakura gets himself out of the hospital and into the Battle City finals isn't actually shown in the manga except for two pages, so I'll do a quick rundown of what we do see and how it's different from the anime's take on it:

- Malik doesn't make an appearance -- in fact, it's implied that Dark Bakura simply wanted to be present for the finals due to his own motives ("Seems like the blood-stained Millennium Battle's beginning after this... Like I'd want such a fun show to start without me, hahaha..!!").
- Poor Grandpa Mutou gets knocked around enough as it is and no mention of him being injured is made so I'm just going to assume Dark Bakura slipped out of the hospital without Ancient Egyptian Laser Beam Auras coming into play.
- He did not get all the Puzzle Cards from Kotsuzuka -- he specifically mentions robbing other participants of theirs as well, so this memory includes that as well.
- Also, uh, as far as Shadow Games go... Kotsuzuka's punishment for losing isn't getting swallowed by shadows or anything. He just dies.

...

CARD GAMES ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS.

What he learned:
- CAAAARD GAAAAAMES 8U More about his deck, really.
- I just killed a guy through a game. WELP OKAY SURE.
- Huh that's weird I'd expect a gash on my arm like that to hurt more...